Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread (freelancer), November 2013

by: leknarf
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - NYC or Bay Area preferred - Remote is okay<p>Lambda is a talent agency for freelance developers and designers. We help you find clients, negotiate for higher rates, and take care of the business side of freelancing.<p><pre><code>  - Exceptional talent only: $100&#x2F;hr minimum rate.
  - No recruiters or spam. We&#x27;re developers too and we only match consultants with projects that fit their expertise and interest.
  - Serious clients only: Wanna hear about a disruptive social network for cats that &quot;just needs a coder&quot;? Neither do we.
  - Freelancers with side projects or startups are especially welcome!
</code></pre>
If that&#x27;s appealing, you can read more and sign up at: <a href="http://getlambda.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;getlambda.com&#x2F;</a><p>We&#x27;ve posted about this on HN a few times and have been amazed by the response. I apologize if you applied last month and we haven&#x27;t gotten back to you yet. We interview everyone personally and are still ramping up the process. We&#x27;ll reach out as soon as we can!<p>Right now, we&#x27;re particularly looking for NYC Rails devs. If that sounds like you, shoot me an email and I&#x27;ll bump you to the top of the queue.

by: atweiden
text: Remote OK - irc required<p>BSD, ZFS, OpenSSH, PAM: Distributed, Encrypted Open Source Data Sync, Share, &amp; Storage with Bitcoin Message Signing<p>Project: <a href="http://electrum.org" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;electrum.org</a> - Lightweight Bitcoin thin client, as advocated for by Satoshi Nakamoto [1]<p>Developed by Dr. Thomas Voegtlin, French PhD neuroscientist, Electrum
is an exceptionally simple Bitcoin wallet written in Python, that
protects you from losing your Bitcoins due to backup mistakes or computer
failure. Electrum automatically generates with each newly created wallet a
list of twelve common words from English poetry, which Thomas hand-picked
specifically to aid in memorization and long-term recall.<p>You must be willing to make extensive use of IRC for communication,
and you should probably at least possess a passing interest in Bitcoin,
if you want to take on this project.<p>I&#x27;m looking for a systems engineer who can think about problems
creatively. I&#x27;ve been agonizing over how to appropriately handle data
sync, share, and storage. I&#x27;ve considered everything from Tahoe-LAFS to
BitTorrent, from a simple Flask API to Git. I&#x27;m looking for the simplest
possible solution. If this sounds even slightly interesting please email
me at:<p>echo YW5keUBzaWVycmEzZC5jb20K | base64 -d<p>or ping me on #electrum (Freenode). I&#x27;m atweiden.<p>-Andy<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography@metzdowd.com/msg09964.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.mail-archive.com&#x2F;cryptography@metzdowd.com&#x2F;msg099...</a>

by: yegg
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS: DuckDuckGo (remote or local in Paoli, PA)<p>All of our full-time staff started freelancing with us for an extended period of time. If you&#x27;re an avid DuckDuckGo user who is excited about what we&#x27;re trying to accomplish check out <a href="https://dukgo.com/help/en_US/company/hiring" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dukgo.com&#x2F;help&#x2F;en_US&#x2F;company&#x2F;hiring</a>

by: navneetloiwal
text: Palo Alto, CA or REMOTE<p>PROJECT: Shopular (shopular.com) is a mobile shopping app. We have a lot of interesting usage data which we want to analyze and visualize. We are a small fun team and this project will get a lot of external visibility. Both roles have a chance of turning into longer projects &#x2F; fill-time.<p>DATA AND VISUALIZATION ENGINEER: You can comfortably work with huge data files (GBs) and proficient in a scripting language like python&#x2F;ruby to massage that data to get interesting aggregates and insights. You can visualize the insights using a package like D3js. Prior D3 experience huge plus, especially with visualizations on a map.<p>DESIGNER: You have experience building infographics and other visualizations. You are very creative, self guided and can take off from a concept&#x2F;idea. Please point to prior work.<p>If you think you are a good fit for either role above, we&#x27;d love to hear from you ASAP.<p>CONTACT: join@shopular.com

by: thejash
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - Bay Area, CA &#x2F; Remote is fine<p>Looking for javascript developers with a skill level anywhere from &quot;reasonably comfortable&quot; to &quot;super amazing&quot;<p>We have a ton of very small tasks that need to be completed for a large project (ex: &quot;implement this single test case as described&quot; or &quot;add pagination to this API route&quot;). The context of the work is roughly data and analytics for server farms.<p>The nice thing about these tasks is that there are very many, and they are very specific in terms of deliverables (ex: the test case either passes or doesn&#x27;t), and they&#x27;re pretty small, so we&#x27;re pretty flexible about the amount of work, and we can try each other out with a few small tasks.<p>Email me at joshalbrecht@gmail.com if interested.

by: rhc2104
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - Remote<p>This month, I will launch a marketplace for freelance programmers that have contributed to open source.<p>The site uses GitHub login, and to join the site as a freelancer, you need at least one commit in a public repo with at least 25 stars.<p><a href="http://www.codedoor.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.codedoor.com&#x2F;</a> - right now, it&#x27;s a landing page.  Please sign up if you&#x27;re interested!<p>You can play with what I have at <a href="http://stealthcodedoor.herokuapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stealthcodedoor.herokuapp.com&#x2F;</a><p>The site itself is open source- <a href="https://github.com/CodeDoor/codedoor" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;CodeDoor&#x2F;codedoor</a> .  Feel free to open an issue if you have any feedback.

by: marcomassaro
text: REMOTE<p>I’m building a SaaS startup with ex-Googlers. I’ve had great feedback and validation from individuals and companies on the product.<p>Most of the posts on HN are looking to hire hackers. I&#x27;m trying something a bit different:<p>Email me if you fit any of the following:<p>• Marketing<p>• Growth hacking<p>• Biz dev &#x2F; Sales<p>I respond to all of my emails.<p>Email: marco@masswerks.com

by: railsprojectapp
text: Remote - U.S., Canada, Western Europe only<p>We&#x27;re a stealth online start-up seeking an experienced full-stack Rails developer or small team for a challenging project. 
Probably 6 week contract. 
Must have at least 2 years solid Rails experience developing web apps.
Must have good amount of availability and be able to start within 1 week. 
Please include your CV, links to past projects and link to Linkedin profile if you have one.  
[railsprojectapp] a.t. g-m-a-i-l 
Thank you

by: Hovertruck
text: SEEKING FREELANCER(s), NYC or remote. Flek (<a href="http://flek.co" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;flek.co</a>)<p>We&#x27;re looking for talented developers and designers to help us on both our own products and our collaborations with existing startups. Previous collaborations include mobile apps, data dashboards, and e-commerce marketplaces.<p>Flek is a small two-person team in NYC right now with plans to start growing early next year. Reach out if you&#x27;re interested in working with us! hello@flek.co

by: iqlicense
text: NYC<p>Looking for JavaScript developers to work on web application for startup based in NYC.<p>You will need to be able to collaborate very closely with other software engineers on a frequent basis.  We are ideally interested in people in the NYC area who would be interested in coming to an office to work on this.<p>You are smart, creative, and inquisitive. You are a meticulous, driven developer with an eye for design. You also strive for eloquence, performance, and lightness.<p>Responsibilities:<p><pre><code>  - Development of core server-side and client-side JavaScript functionality
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Ideal Requirements:<p><pre><code>  - Experience with server-side JavaScript (Node.js and Express) 
  - *OR*
  - Client-side JavaScript development with MVC frameworks such as Backbone.js
  - Experience with templating languages (ejs, mustache, etc.), HTML 5, and CSS 3
  - Experience with database systems such as MongoDB and Redis
  - Experience with message queues such as RabbitMQ and Celery
  - Experience with Git and collaborative coding
  - Experience with test driven development in Node.js
  - Experience with Ubuntu&#x2F;EC2 development environment
  - (Nice to have) experience with tools such as Angular.js and CoffeeScript
</code></pre>
If interested, please contact us at info@iqlicense.com!

by: pkh80
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - Portland, OR - Remote Ok<p>BatchGeo is seeking front end developers with heavy experience in developing interactive user experiences. We have full-time and contract positions available, remote working OK.<p>Our company is small, profitable, and growing quickly.<p>More info here:<p><a href="http://blog.batchgeo.com/web-developer-jobs-at-batchgeo/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.batchgeo.com&#x2F;web-developer-jobs-at-batchgeo&#x2F;</a><p>jobs@batchgeo.com

by: bglenn09
text: Remote &#x2F; NY<p>I&#x27;m looking for an experienced Sencha developer to code on a Sencha Touch project with me. The project will start very shortly and run for about 4-6 months. If you have a reasonable amount of time to commit and you are interested in a Sencha contract, please contact me at bglenn09[at]gmail.com. Thanks!

by: harat098
text: Berlin - Remote OK!<p>Seeking full stack web developer to help launch new web app in Rails framework.    The project focuses on helping our clients optimize their labor costs.  It would be great if you were interested in both business and tech.  Expect a 4-6 week contract.<p>English fluency a must.<p>Want to know more? We want to get to know you too!<p>Selenkofl –at- gmail –dot- com

by: adammichaelc
text: SEEKING FREELANCER<p>REMOTE IS FINE<p>We are in Cupertino.<p>We are the team behind Mokriya Craigslist. Time, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, Xconomy, and a slew of tech bloggers raved about it. Check it out. <a href="http://craigslist.mokriya.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;craigslist.mokriya.com&#x2F;</a><p>We are a team of engineers, UX designers, and thinkers. We have worked for some of the hottest tech startups in Silicon Valley, including Path, MixPanel, Threadflip, SimpleGeo, SideCar, etc.<p>Google has us on a list of &quot;best mobile development teams in the country&quot; so we get calls from them occasionally too.<p><i>About You</i><p>You&#x27;re a Technical-Geek&#x2F;Copywriter Hybrid. You are a technophile by nature, and love learning about and exploring new technologies. You don&#x27;t have to be an engineer, but you should have a solid grasp of things like MVC, agile development, etc. If you know the other side of the shop (user-centered design), you get bonus points. Basically, you need to be able to speak intelligently about software development, specifically as it relates to Mobile.
Also, you should be very good at breaking down complicated ideas into bite-sized morsels of &quot;oohhh, I get it&quot; gooeyness. Our target audience are the business-people who make decisions about technologies to use inside of companies. The rare few are engineers. Most are not. If you can connect well with these people (the challenges of working inside a big co., getting projects out the door, playing the political games, etc.), then you will get more bonus points! :)<p><i>About the Work</i><p>We are creating a series of guides as a part of a larger content-marketing vision. The guides we write will cover topics like, &quot;How to vet and hire a great mobility firm,&quot; &quot;Best practices for creating a compelling mobile experience,&quot; &quot;Advanced guide to understanding the cross-platform tools available&quot;, etc.
We have 2 full-time, awesome designers, who you will work closely with to make the pieces super-compelling. We will loosely borrow the style of these guides:<p>* <a href="http://www.quicksprout.com/the-advanced-guide-to-content-mar.." rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quicksprout.com&#x2F;the-advanced-guide-to-content-mar...</a>.<p>* <a href="http://moz.com/learn/seo" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;moz.com&#x2F;learn&#x2F;seo</a><p>Looking forward to connecting. Email adam@mokriya.com to kick off a conversation.
Thanks, Adam

by: PatriceOneal
text: Remote<p>I am looking for a person to create a website. The website will be a minimalistic, barebones bitcoin wallet with only the basic functions. The entire website will be 1 page.  Layout&#x2F;looks are not important, I am looking for the following functionalities:
- User accounts
- Bitcoin balance displayed for each user
- Withdraw&#x2F;deposit buttons so users can deposit or withdraw from their bitcoin balance
- When a user deposits bitcoins, the bitcoins will go to a central bitcoin wallet for the entire site, but each user has his own balance based on how much s&#x2F;he deposited<p>That&#x27;s it. No social media or anything like that. Message me for clarification&#x2F;details if you are interested.

by: johndevor
text: USA - REMOTE OK - Profitbale 2-man startup with 60k+ revenue in ~10 months, growing quickly. Looking to hire a django developer with a good amount of experience. Contact us with resume &#x2F; portfolio. Email: johndevor@gmail.com

by: jwarrenreed
text: D3 Front-End and Data Visualization Consultant (Up to 3 Months) - New York<p><a href="http://www.gro-ventures.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gro-ventures.com</a><p>At Gro Ventures, we are pioneering agricultural supercomputing as a means to transform Africa into a breadbasket for the world in a span of 20 years. African agriculture is riddled with inefficiencies rooted in the lack of free-flowing, real-time information—a necessary component for data-driven reform and the creation of a truly functional commodities market. Data visualization is at the heart of agricultural supercomputing, defined as the integration of various technologies widely used around the world today to create the first real-time agricultural data analytics platform for Africa. Through agroinformatics and state of the art data visualization, we will for the first time in Africa’s history allow real time data driven decision making.<p>The project will consist of building several customized web visualizations based off the results of an agricultural study of several countries. We are seeking individuals or teams who can develop a visualization application consisting of pricing, yield, weather and various other economic and commodities driven data. You will work directly with our Head Data Scientist and Research Analysts to design and implement a state-of-the-art web visualization.<p>We are looking for talented, experienced engineers to work out of NYC for a period of 4-12 weeks depending on agreed upon timelines and deliverables.<p>Candidates must be proficient in the following areas:
-Extensive Javascript and CSS experience.
-Experience with one or more SVG or Canvas-based visualization toolkits, i.e. D3.js, or a keen interest in learning.
-Know the ins and outs of websockets and AJAX communications with various backend data services. 
-Understand data binding and have used MV* frameworks enough to be dangerous. 
-Prior data analysis experience (even at the Excel level) very useful. 
-Basic understanding of financial concepts, including pricing and returns<p>Interested candidates should submit a resume or LinkedIn profile by email to info@gro-ventures.com with the subject line D3 Front-End and Data Visualization Consultant.

by: dynabros
text: Looking to build a complicated mobile and web app that run in conjunction. OK with remote, solo freelancer, or team. Seeking developer that can handle complex problems. Please reply to email in profile.

by: callmeed
text: California (Remote OK)<p>Android Prototype&#x2F;MVP<p>Myself and a couple colleagues have an iOS sports trivia app at (<a href="http://playhattrick.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;playhattrick.com</a>). We&#x27;re getting some good download and usage numbers. People are asking for an Android version so we&#x27;re looking for someone to help us build a prototype&#x2F;MVP version. This isn&#x27;t a long or big budget project but if it sounds interesting &amp; you love sports, please get in touch.<p>erik[at]playhattrick[dot]com

by: opendomain
text: REMOTE
I am the founder of OpenDomain - we are &quot;open source for domains.&quot;  We have given dozens of domains to open source groups and non profits for free.<p>We are looking for anyone to help us create tutorials on Ruby on Rails, the Web Platform, or NoSQL.<p>We are also looking for people with out technical skills: If you can sell, know growth marketing, or have some contacts with doctors, we have another domain that has very high potential.<p>I respond to all of my emails. Hacker AT myHNName DOT org

by: cpg
text: Sunnyvale, California &#x2F; Remote<p>We&#x27;re a small bootstrapped business in Silicon Valley and we&#x27;re looking to build two native mobile apps (one for Android, one for iOS) for browsing and displaying files with an existing cloud-based API.<p>The first phase of the apps will just be file browsing. The second phase will include other activities (to be described).<p>If you have proven ability to deliver native apps in Android or iOS, we&#x27;d love to talk!<p>Contact via support at amahi.

by: loevborg
text: Berlin area preferred, remote is okay<p>JAVASCRIPT DEVELOPER: We&#x27;re a Berlin-based online advertising company seeking a skilled Javascript dev. Specifically, we&#x27;re looking for someone to help us build a challenging project using a modern web development stack (ExtJS, Laravel&#x2F;PHP, AWS, Git)<p>EXT JS 4: Experience with the Ext JS 4 MVC framework is a big plus.<p>Contact: echo bmFiaWxhQHJlZHBpbmVhcHBsZW1lZGlhLmNvbQo= | base64 -d

by: rdeshpande
text: NYC local only<p>We&#x27;re building a marketplace to make it easier to get a small business loan. Looking for a full-stack Rails developer to work with our CTO and help us with day-to-day feature development.<p>Rails 4, Ruby 2, rspec etc.<p>Looking for a minimum of 20 hours a week on-site in Flatiron. We are flexible with hourly&#x2F;daily&#x2F;weekly rates.<p>Email us: railsdevneeded _at_ hotmail.com<p>NO RECRUITERS &#x2F; REMOTE

by: quinto_quarto
text: NY or Remote - Contract<p>Pitch Me is currently looking for a young full-stack developer to help build the back-end and also work on the design under direction. Needs PHP, MySQL, HTML and so on.<p>Get in touch: hello@pitchme.org.

by: 3riverdev
text: Remote<p><a href="http://www.myrudis.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.myrudis.com</a> has several freelancing opportunities open for developers, designers, and writers.